Content & Social Media Marketer

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed-term, Full-time until 27/03/2026
BBC Audio & Events
We're happy to discuss flexible working. This Content Editor Visualisation role will power Radio Scotland’s social media and visualisation strategy, driving growth and amplifying our brand. You’ll inspire and energise the team with strong leadership and a supportive, creative environment. Working closely with key stakeholders, you’ll identify new opportunities to expand our reach and deepen audience engagement, ensuring Radio Scotland’s storytelling thrives across every social platform.
Join a talented, passionate, and creative team producing award-winning content that showcases the best of Radio Scotland. Here, you’ll help shape bold social media and visualisation strategies, driving our brand forward and engaging audiences in fresh, exciting ways. It’s a chance to collaborate with exceptional storytellers, push creative boundaries, and make a real impact across one of Scotland’s most dynamic digital platforms.
Provide social media expertise and strategic guidance across the division.
Develop, define and embed the division’s social media strategy in line with output
Influence Radio Scotland’s social media strategy at a pan-BBC level, working closely with senior colleagues across the organisation.
An in-depth knowledge of the radio industry, including audiences, competitors and industry trends.
Extensive senior-level experience creating compelling, innovative visual content and communicating a clear editorial vision
Proven experience leading social media for a major brand/broadcaster, delivering successful strategies, engaging content, community management, and measurable audience growth across linear and digital platforms.
Proven experience supporting well-known brands across social platforms, from shaping strategy to creating content, managing communities, and using analytics to guide decisions.
Proven ability to develop innovative output, be open to new ideas and motivate colleagues to take creative risks, within the parameters of the BBC Guidelines.
Highly competent self shooting and self editing skills.
Comfortable delivering social campaigns that run alongside or complement broadcast output.
The ability to lead projects, campaigns and influence senior stakeholders, helping steer new ideas and long-term direction.
An extensive knowledge of BBC editorial guidelines and/or compliance policies.
Ability to establish effective short and long term relationships with a wide range of people, talent, partners and agencies.
Highly developed planning and organising skills. Ability to manage several areas of work at one time, prioritising, delivering consistently to deadlines and reacting positively to changes and conflicting priorities.
Proven track record in long term and effective leadership, managing and motivating teams, and ensuring staff members receive regular feedback for development. Experience of managing performance.
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
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